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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-20-26. Powers of Commissioner as to protection of subscribers and public health and welfare.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-20-26. Powers of Commissioner as to protection of subscribers and public health and welfare.

The Commissioner shall have the authority to take appropriate actions authorized by this title for the protection of a health care corporation’s subscribers and the public health and welfare, including but not limited to those authorized in Code Section 33-2-24, and shall have authority to institute civil actions and other appropriate proceedings authorized by and in accordance with Chapter 37 of this title to conserve the assets of, rehabilitate, or liquidate a health care corporation organized under or subject to this chapter in the same manner and under the same conditions and causes applicable to domestic life insurers under Chapter 37 of this title.

## History

Code 1933, § 56-1727a, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1461, § 1.